Our kidneys play a vital role in maintaining fluid balance and filtering waste from our blood. However, they are often silently damaged over time due to conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure etc. Traditional markers like serum creatinine and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) usually detect advanced kidney damage that has already happened. But now, new renal biomarkers are enabling early detection of kidney injury even before loss of kidney function occurs. These biomarkers hold ... Read more
